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Workforce Data Sources
Data Analysis
Independent Research
Data Viz (Tableau/PowerBI)
Time Series
Modeling
R
SQL

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Last updated on 2022-09-26.

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Kent Sellers

I am a statistician that attempts to blend my two passions: leadership and data. I have experience doing data analysis end to end. From data retreival, to data preparation (tidying, reshaping), to exploratory data analysis (visualizations, descriptive statistics), to predictive modeling (machine learning/statistical modeling). I also have a strong background in managing teams as I oversee the data analysis. Once the analysis is complete, I can collaborate with my stakeholders to help their organizations make well-informed and comprehensive decisions.

Work Experience

UI Performance Director

Indiana Department of Workforce Development

Fort Wayne, IN

Present - 2021

  • Oversee the data quality and performance metrics for Indiana’s unemployment insurance (UI) system.
  • Manage two teams that perform the data reporting, data validation, production monitoring, and auditing functions.
  • Led the implementation of several apps and dashboard tools that have each had a profound impact within the agency.
  • Currently working with our IT team to direct the development in a data warehouse.

Regional Workforce Studies Manager

Indiana Department of Workforce Development

Fort Wayne, IN

2021 - 2017

  • Manage a team of 5 remote data analysts across the state to research and analyze the local workforce.
  • Interim project manager for a 1-million-dollar workforce data quality grant awarded to our division.
  • Devise new tools and data products for our division, as well as oversee the development and implementation.
  • Manage state-federal partnerships and serve as the P.O.C. to our vendors on behalf of our division.

Regional Workforce Analyst

Indiana Department of Workforce Development

Fort Wayne, IN

2017 - 2011

  • Researched and analyzed labor market information about the local economy reguarly using survey , administrative, or unstructured data.
  • Communicated a variety of data and relevant information about its data source to a wide range of organizations (e.g. business leaders, colleges/universities, chambers of commerce, and economic developers).
  • Built and maintained a network of over 5,000 stakeholders across northeastern and eastern Indiana that subscribe to our labor market reports.
  • Published educational and analytical articles.

Education

MS., Mathematics

Purdue University Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne, IN

2023

MSc, Applied Statistics

Purdue University Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne, IN

2021

BS, Mathematics Education

Asbury University

Wilmore, KY

2011

Certification

Certified Economic Research Professional

Council for Community and Economic Research

N/A

2021

Applied Data Analytics

Coleridge Initiative

N/A

2019

Sample Publications

How Hoosiers are Recovering from the economic shutdown

InContext, Nov-Dec 2020, vol. 21, no. 6

N/A

2020

What do job openings tell us about our economy?

InContext, Nov-Dec 2018, vol. 19, no. 6

N/A

2018

What is the unemployment rate?

InContext, Nov-Dec 2015, vol. 16, no. 6

N/A

2015